Investment Q&A

Q: Hyperscalers (AMZN, MSFT, GOOG, META) announced plans for a staggering, nearly one trillion dollars, of spending on AI buildout for the next year. Can you recommend a basket (5?) of companies that represent the best investments to benefit from this massive spend?

Thanks.

Q: When advising children who are young adults on building a portfolio in RRSP, do you recommend ETFs or individual stocks? Assuming one isn't buying and selling what individual stocks (4 in US and 4 in Canada) do you feel will still be around in 50 years and work well in a Gen Z RRSP portfolio. I imagine in 50 years, technology could be vastly different, but a bank or a rail will not disappear. Thank you!

Q: Struggling with strategy within this market. Does one ride the momentum trade of stocks tied to data centre build out with huge valuations that go up every day, or does one look at a hated sector like healthcare and slowly pick away? Seems like every time there is something negative, like the Open AI news, the hot stocks sell off, but then people quickly go back to those. What should the strategy be- pick away at unloved quality or wait for the odd pullback and choose things that have the momentum? Thanks for your wisdom.

Q: If you were to create a portfolio of USA stocks or International ETFS for lets say a 68 year old person with $$1 million, what would buy for growth and safety protection in todays market. % would be helpful.
Thanks Again

Q: Hi,
In reading a recent article on AMD's move into the NVDA market I read at: https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/3x-amd-cracked-nvidia-code-133943897.html
I had to wonder about whether it would be prudent to sell some NVDA shares currently held in my TFSA to diversify into AMD, INTC and possibly MRVL. I've done extremely well on NVDA over the years and am starting to think about how much farther NVDA can run, vs some of the smaller semis at this point. I am also concerned with NVDA's price movements lately, as it finally broke out of consolidation, only to drop back today when others are climbing. Are there other names I should be considering as well? I use this account for shorter term momentum stocks, and keep a close eye on it. I would greatly appreciate your thoughts regarding NVDA and other semis - I also really enjoyed your Jan 5 Opinion piece on all things AI related and have been able to do well from a number of the stocks you highlighted - many thanks!
D

Q: Good morning 5i
Nokia seems to be rising from the dead. There is some news that this relates to Nvidia's increasing interest and investment in the company. I am wondering whether you know something about this and whether it is worth investing in
Thanks

Q: Intel is up 120% in a month, What has happened at the company? and would you be a buyer and at what price?

Thx

Q: NVDA position has reached 12% of my portfolio thanks to it being at all time high.
Google position has become 17% also to it being at ATH.
Together they compose of 29% of my portfolio!!.

I think I have to sell a bit to manage risk. Of course the playbook is to sell a portion of these guys to buy something under valued that has more upside. But what looks better than NVDA and GOOGLE at the moment?

Q: I have full positions in NVDA, NBIS and GOOG and do not need to add. For additional money directed at the AI theme, please suggest 4 US companies and 4 CDN companies to buy today and hold for 3-5 years. A one sentence explanation for each choice would be appreciated. Thanks

Q: I have had a good run with NVDA, TER and NBIS. I would like to rebalance with some of those gains to bring my percentage position more in line. What other non tech US names would you recommend for a TFSA?
Thank you

Q: This is a follow up to Dennis‘s question on the number of stocks to hold in a portfolio. You have suggested that about 20 (15-25) is all that you need. This may be correct for a conservative investor, but I feel your client base is a little bit more aggressive. Hence 20 conservative stocks, and a dozen more aggressive ones. I have used your advice to help me invest in a dozen smaller or unknown companies of which some have done great, some have done well, some are treading water and some have done poorly. I have started all these at a quarter position, which has worked well over the years. My biggest problem is knowing when to trim the great stocks as a fourfold increase only brings them to a full position. A great problem to have. Thanks for your advice over the years.

Q: What % is a good split between holding hardware vs software names? Barbell approach? Do you think the sasspocalypse is over? We've seen these names bounce off the recent lows and you have days where they are leading and days like today where sentiment swings the other way. I believe the names I hold are of good quality and can be patient while I wait for them to bounce. But then you have the opportunity cost of not buying more AI leading names with positive momentum. For example, do I sell some CSU/LMN/TOI and buy more CLS? Or sell some AXON and buy more NBIS? What would be a good approach? Thank you1

Q: My TFSA portfolio has done exceptionally well in large part due to the invaluable information and coaching provided by Peter and the rest of the 5i team since 2013. Thank you very much for helping to build our intergenerational legacy.

I plan to use a fraction of the assets in my TFSA to set up a high-growth, moderate high-risk concentrated 10 stock six-digit sub-portfolio with a 10 year time-frame and hoping for a 5-10 fold target. The idea is to select the best high conviction durable names, maximize capital gains compounding, and minimize dividend drag such as US withholding tax in the TFSA. With the help of my chatbot assistant, it looks like a base case of 17-25% annualized is required to reach the 5-10x target, even with periods of significant drawdowns and bull cases. Obviously stock selection and staying invested for the long term are key.

My initial tentative selection of 10 stocks NVDA, ASML, MSFT, AVGO, NBIS, GOOG, TSLA, CCO, NVO, and SHOP with weightings ranging from 6% to 16%

Could you please critique my strategy and the stocks selected. Suggest improvements including alternative names to consider as replacements that you feel might work better.

If you were creating such a portfolio for yourself which 10 names would you select.

Q: Hello 5i
I have owned NVDA for many (thank you!!) so I’m aware of their business.
My question is: has NVDA now grown into a plodding large cap with somewhat muted annual share price gains? I guess I’m used to 50-100% annually. What do you see going forward?

Q: If YOU were starting a portfolio right now in this market, which 10 stocks (more or less in order) would you buy with pure growth on your mind? Ignore diversification for the purpose of this question. 3 - 5 year hold. Canadian or US Stocks.

A brief explanation for each.

Thanks so much!

Q: Using the baseball analogy in what inning would you say we are in as far as the buildout of data centres? With what's going on in our crazy world, would you say the build out will slow down or speed up over the next year? Finally, what would be your top 3 picks 5i investors should own if wanting to participate in data centre buildout? As always, thanks for your valuable guidance.

Q: What are your top 5 US and CDN large cap names today?

Thanks
Tim

Q: Hi to all. For a GARP long-term investor, what are your recommendations today, 5 can securities & 5 US stock exchanges securities.
Please no defense titles. Thank you

Q: One of the members mentioned feeling bad that he had missed the boat on the rising tide. I am also in that boat. I had planned to buy something but kept putting it off. That being said, are there still some bargains around? I am thinking of the usually favoured stocks such as Shop, Google, CSU etc.
Thanks for the greatest service

Q: I am looking to deploy cash sitting in my TFSA. I have "full" positions in NVDA, SHOP and GOOG. "Partial" positions in BN, CLS, BANK, NBIS, RKLB and PNG. And finally, "starter" positions in HOOD, GLXY and App.

1) Would you be comfortable with the overall balance in the account?
2) Would you deploy the funds into 2 or 3 of the existing holdings and if so, which ones?
3) Would you start a new position(s) to increase diversity and if so where would you go?
4) Would you eliminate any of the current position dues to overlap or other reasons?

Thanks,
Terry